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Old 08-04-2017, 03:05 PM
 
Location: Minnesota
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I was wondering what happened to this smirking creepy guy .He up the price of an aids drug by %400 and laughed about. With his attitude I hope the judge gives him the maximum. Also, wasn't he the guy that purchased the Wu-tang Tang (the hip-hop group I've never listened to) special one only edition of cd's.

Martin Shkreli convicted of securities fraud, conspiracy - Aug. 4, 2017

I found the Wu-tang info
https://www.wired.com/story/martin-s...he-wu-tang-cla. n-album

Last edited by mjlo; 08-05-2017 at 05:08 PM.. Reason: political reference
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Old 08-04-2017, 03:11 PM
 
Location: Mount Airy, Maryland
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Yeah very happy to see this, hope for a long sentence. They described him in the article I read as a former pharmacy whatever. Does that mean he no longer holds the patent on the life saving drug that made him infamous?
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Old 08-04-2017, 04:51 PM
 
Location: Minnesota
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Correction raised drug price by 5000%.
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Old 08-04-2017, 10:43 PM
 
Location: USA
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Hope he doesn't need any cigs, drugs, or sex in the slammer.

Those can be high ticket items as it is, and if someone were to find out who he was, then get their hands on a calculator and times those by prices 5000%...just sayin'.
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Old 08-05-2017, 10:48 AM
 
Location: Mount Airy, Maryland
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What a complete clown this guy is. After the verdict he is claiming he's get a country club sentence. I sure hope the judge has internet access and reads this before sentencing.
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Old 08-05-2017, 11:57 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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This is something that has been going on pre-Shkreli. It went on before; it's going on now and it will continue to go on.

Lannett raised the price of fluphenazine, an anti-psychotic drug, to $870 for 100 10-milligram capsules, from $43.50, its price since 2012.

More below:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthew.../#21eef1fc71f5

Price Hike for Tuberculosis Drug Cycloserine Rolled Back From 2,000% Jump - NBC News

Marathon Pharmaceuticals (increased the price of their drug by 6000%) stated, "It expects patients with insurance to get access to the drug for a co-payment, and will give it away to others for free." This is what Shreli stated about people who didn't have insurance and needed the drug.

Also, the drug that Shkreli increased is used by a super small majority of the population. There are drugs that are used in large #s that have a high cost.
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Old 08-05-2017, 01:17 PM
 
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What a complete clown this guy is. After the verdict he is claiming he's get a country club sentence. I sure hope the judge has internet access and reads this before sentencing.
I've got problems with my adobe flash, otherwise I could provide his you tube from yesterday. In fact he says his eventual acquittal from the three charges leveled on him will help him recover the millions of dollars he invested in one of his companies.

He says, "In fact life will not change much for Martin Shkreli. I'm one of the richest New Yorkers there is, and after today's verdict, it's going to stay that way."
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Old 08-07-2017, 08:31 AM
 
Location: Southern California
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Hopefully he needs a pill someday to survive and someone has it but charges him $1B per pill.
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Old 08-07-2017, 08:36 PM
 
Location: Minnesota
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This guy is a prime example of what's wrong with some of the human race. A rat has more scruples than this guy. Just want to slap the stupid smirk off his face. But he just doesn't care so what's the point. Hope he needs someones help someday and they walk away with a smirk.

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Old 08-08-2017, 06:54 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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This guy is a prime example of what's wrong with some of the human race. A rat has more scruples than this guy. Just want to slap the stupid smirk off his face. But he just doesn't care so what's the point. Hope he needs someones help someday and they walk away with a smirk.
What exactly is your beef with this guy?
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